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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SQL Server over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank34
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads9401174
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.520 %0.492 %
As % of the category below66.10 %59.50 %
Salaries quoted8691016
Average minimum salary£29,003£30,467
Average salary£31,847£33,413
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Average maximum salary£34,690£36,359
UK excluding London average salary£34,812£34,819
% change on same period last year-0.02 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads14221973
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.787 %0.827 %
Salaries quoted12881726
Average minimum salary£31,290£36,429
Average salary£35,061£40,789
% change on same period last year-14.04 %
Average maximum salary£38,833£45,148
UK excluding London average salary£37,294£38,349
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
SQL Server North WestSQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Manchester SQL Server Demand Trend

SQL Server
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Manchester region.

Manchester SQL Server Salary Trend

SQL Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SQL Server across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Manchester SQL Server Salary Histogram

SQL Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportUp+172£29,917+5.89 %
BoltonUp+264£26,853-0.02 %
OldhamUp+744£32,102+19.45 %
AltrinchamDown-138£32,635+7.88 %
BuryUp+421£29,238-20.05 %
CheadleUp+411£30,750-13.38 %
SalfordUp+211£24,364-14.99 %
WiganUp+49£28,778-7.16 %
SaleNew entry-7£30,786-
Ashton-under-LyneNew entry-4£20,000-
RochdaleUp+13£37,833-4.21 %
SQL Server North WestSQL Server
North West

SQL Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing SQL Server also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server.

11403 (68.27 %).NET
21099 (53.48 %)ASP.NET
31002 (48.76 %)C#
4645 (31.39 %)SQL
5533 (25.94 %)XML
6521 (25.35 %)VB.NET
7443 (21.56 %)Microsoft
8426 (20.73 %)SQL Server 2005
9414 (20.15 %)HTML
10402 (19.56 %)SQL Server 2000
11351 (17.08 %)VB
12339 (16.50 %)ASP
13338 (16.45 %)JavaScript
14331 (16.11 %)Windows
15314 (15.28 %)CSS
16301 (14.65 %)MS Excel
17278 (13.53 %)WebServices
18272 (13.24 %)Oracle
19266 (12.94 %)Finance
20242 (11.78 %)Degree
21233 (11.34 %)OO
22186 (9.051 %)Web Development
23177 (8.613 %)AJAX
24172 (8.370 %)Transact-SQL
25167 (8.127 %)Visual Studio
26165 (8.029 %)IIS
27151 (7.348 %)VB6
28148 (7.202 %)Windows Server 2003
29139 (6.764 %)Java
30136 (6.618 %)E-Commerce

SQL Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing SQL Server also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11403 (68.27 %).NET
21099 (53.48 %)ASP.NET
3533 (25.94 %)XML
4414 (20.15 %)HTML
5339 (16.50 %)ASP
6314 (15.28 %)CSS
7278 (13.53 %)WebServices
8177 (8.613 %)AJAX
9131 (6.375 %)XHTML
10111 (5.401 %).NET Framework
1179 (3.844 %)XSLT
1278 (3.796 %)WinForms
1358 (2.822 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1457 (2.774 %)J2EE
1545 (2.190 %)WPF
1642 (2.044 %)WCF
1733 (1.606 %)Spring
1832 (1.557 %)ADO.NET
1924 (1.168 %)ODBC
2022 (1.071 %)EDI
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1165 (8.029 %)IIS
2118 (5.742 %)MS Exchange
390 (4.380 %)SharePoint
470 (3.406 %)Exchange Server 2003
564 (3.114 %)SAS
651 (2.482 %)CMS
735 (1.703 %)BizTalk Server
827 (1.314 %)Tomcat
926 (1.265 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1017 (0.827 %)Apache
1114 (0.681 %)Exchange Server 2007
129 (0.438 %)Lotus Notes
129 (0.438 %)WebSphere Application Server
135 (0.243 %)WebLogic
135 (0.243 %)Oracle Application Server
135 (0.243 %)GlassFish
143 (0.146 %)Lotus Domino
152 (0.097 %)JBoss
152 (0.097 %)Exchange Server 5.5
152 (0.097 %)Exchange Server 2000
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1301 (14.65 %)MS Excel
246 (2.238 %)MS Office
333 (1.606 %)Photoshop
432 (1.557 %)MS Visio
518 (0.876 %)Adobe Illustrator
615 (0.730 %)SPSS
712 (0.584 %)Fireworks
810 (0.487 %)InfoPath
94 (0.195 %)MS Project
103 (0.146 %)InDesign
112 (0.097 %)Spreadsheet
112 (0.097 %)FreeHand
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.438 %)Navision
27 (0.341 %)Dynamics AX
27 (0.341 %)GoldMine
36 (0.292 %)Great Plains
36 (0.292 %)SalesLogix
43 (0.146 %)Dynamics CRM
43 (0.146 %)SAP CRM
43 (0.146 %)Axapta
43 (0.146 %)Microsoft CRM
52 (0.097 %)MAXIMO
61 (0.049 %)Oracle Applications
61 (0.049 %)Line 50
61 (0.049 %)SAP Business One
61 (0.049 %)Dynamics GP
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1131 (6.375 %)Internet
2103 (5.012 %)Intranet
377 (3.747 %)Firewall
462 (3.017 %)WAN
545 (2.190 %)VPN
644 (2.141 %)TCP/IP
735 (1.703 %)Cisco PIX
829 (1.411 %)Wireless
926 (1.265 %)LAN
1025 (1.217 %)DNS
1025 (1.217 %)HTTP
1123 (1.119 %)VLAN
1222 (1.071 %)SAN
1319 (0.925 %)DHCP
1414 (0.681 %)GPRS
1414 (0.681 %)SSL
1513 (0.633 %)Broadband
1513 (0.633 %)HTTPS
1611 (0.535 %)SNMP
1611 (0.535 %)FTP
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1426 (20.73 %)SQL Server 2005
2402 (19.56 %)SQL Server 2000
384 (4.088 %)Crystal Reports
384 (4.088 %)Datawarehouse
483 (4.039 %)MySQL
579 (3.844 %)ETL
672 (3.504 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
765 (3.163 %)BusinessObjects
849 (2.384 %)Oracle OWB
948 (2.336 %)DTS
1047 (2.287 %)SAP BW
1145 (2.190 %)MS Access
1243 (2.092 %)OLAP
1339 (1.898 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1434 (1.655 %)SQL Server 2008
1529 (1.411 %)RDBMS
1622 (1.071 %)Oracle 10g
1721 (1.022 %)Ingres
1820 (0.973 %)Data Mining
1820 (0.973 %)DB2
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1167 (8.127 %)Visual Studio
235 (1.703 %)Flash
322 (1.071 %)Dreamweaver
412 (0.584 %)NUnit
511 (0.535 %)Eclipse
69 (0.438 %)JUnit
77 (0.341 %)Subversion
86 (0.292 %)VSS/SourceSafe
95 (0.243 %)Oracle Forms
95 (0.243 %)Ant
95 (0.243 %)TestDirector
95 (0.243 %)MorphX
104 (0.195 %)FrontPage
111 (0.049 %)CruiseControl
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1266 (12.94 %)Finance
2135 (6.569 %)Pensions
3110 (5.353 %)Health
481 (3.942 %)Education
552 (2.530 %)Marketing
639 (1.898 %)Government
730 (1.460 %)Advertising
730 (1.460 %)Telecoms
730 (1.460 %)Retail
829 (1.411 %)Legal
922 (1.071 %)Law
922 (1.071 %)Insurance
1017 (0.827 %)Back Office
1116 (0.779 %)Pharmaceutical
1215 (0.730 %)Automotive
1314 (0.681 %)Construction
1412 (0.584 %)Banking
1510 (0.487 %)Graphic Design
169 (0.438 %)Financial Institution
176 (0.292 %)Electronics
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11271 (61.85 %)Developer
2571 (27.79 %).NET Developer
3393 (19.12 %)C# Developer
4350 (17.03 %)Web Developer
5309 (15.04 %)ASP.NET Developer
6258 (12.55 %)Analyst
7229 (11.14 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
8155 (7.543 %)Senior Developer
8155 (7.543 %)VB.NET Developer
9152 (7.397 %)Software Developer
10151 (7.348 %)Consultant
11147 (7.153 %).NET Web Developer
12110 (5.353 %)C# Web Developer
12110 (5.353 %)SQL Developer
13107 (5.207 %)Programmer
1486 (4.185 %)Junior
1584 (4.088 %)Business Consultant
1584 (4.088 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1682 (3.990 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
1778 (3.796 %)Applications Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (3.212 %)N-Tier
254 (2.628 %)W3C
340 (1.946 %)Management Information System
426 (1.265 %)Computer Science
512 (0.584 %)NHS
512 (0.584 %)Tandem
611 (0.535 %)Client/Server
611 (0.535 %)PDA
79 (0.438 %)Data Extraction
79 (0.438 %)Replication
88 (0.389 %)Clustering
95 (0.243 %)Data Conversion
95 (0.243 %)Pocket PC
95 (0.243 %)Mathematics
104 (0.195 %)Spanish Language
104 (0.195 %)AS400
104 (0.195 %)Blackberry
113 (0.146 %)LIMS
113 (0.146 %)Mainframe
113 (0.146 %)EPoS
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1331 (16.11 %)Windows
2148 (7.202 %)Windows Server 2003
385 (4.136 %)Linux
463 (3.066 %)Windows XP
558 (2.822 %)UNIX
651 (2.482 %)Windows 2000 Server
736 (1.752 %)Windows 2000
835 (1.703 %)Windows Vista
925 (1.217 %)Solaris
108 (0.389 %)Windows Mobile
116 (0.292 %)Windows Server 2008
125 (0.243 %)Debian
125 (0.243 %)Windows NT
134 (0.195 %)FreeBSD
134 (0.195 %)OpenBSD
142 (0.097 %)OpenVMS
142 (0.097 %)Windows CE
151 (0.049 %)i5/OS
151 (0.049 %)Red Hat Linux
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1233 (11.34 %)OO
2186 (9.051 %)Web Development
3136 (6.618 %)E-Commerce
4118 (5.742 %)Business Intelligence
594 (4.574 %)CRM
677 (3.747 %)UML
771 (3.455 %)Project Management
864 (3.114 %)Unit Testing
960 (2.920 %)OOD
1056 (2.725 %)Requirements Analysis
1153 (2.579 %)Agile Software Development
1245 (2.190 %)Integration Testing
1343 (2.092 %)Content Management
1442 (2.044 %)OOP
1537 (1.800 %)Migration
1537 (1.800 %)Scrum
1631 (1.509 %)Business Analysis
1631 (1.509 %)Data Modelling
1730 (1.460 %)Data Analysis
1827 (1.314 %)Service Delivery
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11002 (48.76 %)C#
2645 (31.39 %)SQL
3521 (25.35 %)VB.NET
4351 (17.08 %)VB
5338 (16.45 %)JavaScript
6172 (8.370 %)Transact-SQL
7151 (7.348 %)VB6
8139 (6.764 %)Java
9104 (5.061 %)C++
1058 (2.822 %)VBA
1146 (2.238 %)VBScript
1243 (2.092 %)C
1336 (1.752 %)DHTML
1432 (1.557 %)PHP
1432 (1.557 %)PL/SQL
1515 (0.730 %)Perl
168 (0.389 %)Delphi
177 (0.341 %)COBOL
177 (0.341 %)XPath
185 (0.243 %)X++
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1242 (11.78 %)Degree
2122 (5.937 %)Microsoft Certification
344 (2.141 %)MCP
438 (1.849 %)MCSE
535 (1.703 %)MCSD
621 (1.022 %)MCAD
719 (0.925 %)MCSA
814 (0.681 %)ISEB
913 (0.633 %)HND
1010 (0.487 %)Oracle Certification
119 (0.438 %)Sun Certification
127 (0.341 %)MCTS
127 (0.341 %)MCDBA
136 (0.292 %)HNC
136 (0.292 %)OCP
136 (0.292 %)Cisco Certification
145 (0.243 %)SCNA
145 (0.243 %)SCSA
154 (0.195 %)ITIL Certification
162 (0.097 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (0.681 %)SLA
26 (0.292 %)QA
33 (0.146 %)ISO9001
41 (0.049 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1133 (6.472 %)Active Directory
215 (0.730 %)Citrix Presentation Server
314 (0.681 %)VMware Infrastructure
411 (0.535 %)MSMQ
510 (0.487 %)VMware ESX
510 (0.487 %)Terminal Services
68 (0.389 %)Terminal Server
76 (0.292 %)ISA Server
85 (0.243 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.146 %)Oracle RMAN
93 (0.146 %)MetaFrame
101 (0.049 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.049 %)VMware Server
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.487 %)Netcool
25 (0.243 %)Nagios
32 (0.097 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.049 %)ARCserve
41 (0.049 %)WSUS
41 (0.049 %)SCCM
41 (0.049 %)SCOM
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1443 (21.56 %)Microsoft
2272 (13.24 %)Oracle
384 (4.088 %)Cognos
470 (3.406 %)Cisco
565 (3.163 %)Business Objects
663 (3.066 %)SAP
762 (3.017 %)Informatica
860 (2.920 %)Teradata
959 (2.871 %)Citrix
1050 (2.433 %)VMware
1149 (2.384 %)Ascential
1236 (1.752 %)Sybase
1324 (1.168 %)Sun
1419 (0.925 %)NetSuite
1517 (0.827 %)Adobe
1616 (0.779 %)IBM
1715 (0.730 %)Hyperion
1715 (0.730 %)Ab Initio
1813 (0.633 %)Netezza
1813 (0.633 %)HP